Three Killed -- Official Says Dispatchers Broke Procedure

The investigation continues into last Wednesday's crash of a
Messerschmitt-Boelkow Blohm Bo-105S helicopter that was on a
medical mission in the Florida Panhandle. All three people on board
were killed. As tragic as the accident was, the events surrounding
it have raised procedural questions in Florida's Walton County. The
aircraft was missing for five hours before anyone noticed.

"Flight Crew Was Insistent Upon Landing"

Turkish aviation authorities Tuesday ruled the crash of a
Turkish Airlines BAe RJ-100 was probably caused by pilot error.
More specifically, they ruled, it may have been a crew struck with
"home-itis."

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AOPA Volunteers Hear From Elected Official

Los Angeles City Councilman Tony Cardenas is chairman of the
city's powerful Commerce, Energy & Natural Resources Committee,
which oversees four city-owned airports including Van Nuys Airport
(the busiest GA airport in the United States), and he "gets"
general aviation.

It's Not Nice To Scare The Commercial Air Crews...

Grocer's Land Deal Led To Airport

If you think about it, Silicone Valley would be a very different
place without Ernie Renzel. Before computers, before cell phones --
before any of the innovations that came from the valley near San
Jose (CA), Ernie was looking at the big picture.

Aimed At Cutting Down IFR Delays

There will soon be brighter lights in the big city. The FAA has
approved a new upgrade package for two runways at Chicago's O'Hare
International Airport aimed at increasing the number of landings
during inclement weather.

"Reorganization For Next Stage of Growth"

More Secure Flight Handling?

Air Routing International, a company that specializes in
corporate flight handling for the business aviation industry, is
implementing an aggressive IT redundancy program to ensure that
critical corporate data, client communications, and productivity
remain intact during events such as natural disasters, network
outages or sabotage.

"It is a bad idea. The challenge you have with this is you are
turning your sales function to people who have no vested interest
in whether you fly on United or get on a duck and take off. If
someone calls up and says, 'I need to get to Flint, Michigan,' a
trained United employee will say, 'Well, I can get you to Detroit
or Lansing.' What the person in New Delhi or Mumbai is going to say
is, 'We don't fly there.'"
Source: Airline Consultant Mike Boyd, talking
about United's plan to outsource about 650 reservation jobs to
India. United says it will save money at a time when money is
absolutely crucial to the bankrupt airline. But critics say
passenger service will suffer.